Press release 05/2016 from 15.02.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017
Lifetime of electrical appliances becoming shorter and shorter
… from 3.5% to 8.3% between 2004 and 2013. A consumer survey conducted for the study revealed that about one third of those polled are not satisfied with the … already take potential improvement of energy efficiency into account. The current study could not find evidence of planned shortening of product lifetime … service life for electronic appliances in public administrations. Background The study on the development of strategies against obsolescence is the first detailed …